When Did Big Ben First Bong?: 101 Questions Answered About the Greatest City on Earth

Do you know when Big Ben first bonged – or even who Ben was? Why the River Thames is so-called? Which top Nazi was locked up in the Tower? Or what runs through the network of more than 50 miles of train-size tunnels which ring the capital, extend further than the Channel Tunnel and lie even deeper than the Tube – and, no, the answer is not trains. Who was the world’s first celebrity chef? Which is London’s oldest club? Who had the worst ever ‘mockney’ accent? And who was the last Prime Minister to fight a duel with pistols?

From the truth about Handel’s ugly ears to hippos running wild in Trafalgar Square, it’s all in When Did Big Ben First Bong?, the ultimate trivia guide to the greatest city on Earth.